Milk-can.



No. 700,596. Patented May 20, |902.

0. N. AHLBEBG.

MILK CAN.

(Application filed June 20` 1899.1

(NQ Model.)

@im i UNITED STATE-sA ArnNT OFFICE.'

OLA N. AIILBERG, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

MILK-CAN.

SPECIFICATIQN forminglpa'rt of Letters Patent No. 7oo,59e, 'datedplvray 2o, 1902. Application filed .Tune 20, 1899. Serial No. 721,208. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, OLA N. AHLBERG, a eitizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new andi useful Improvements in Milk-Cans; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it app'ertains to make and use -the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in milk-cans of the class used by dealers in delivering milk from a wagon to families; and the main objects of the invention are, rst, to provide a milk-can with a co'ver and milkmeasure combined; second, to provide a milkcan in Which-the measure may'be concealed and protected from snow, rain, sand,dust, and other dirt blown by the Windor falling from the milkmaus clothes or hands or from the horse or wagon generally used in delivering milk from house to house. These and other objects I attain by the novel construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved milk-can and cover. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged .side view of the combined milk-measure and can-cover inverted,as when used as a measure.-

Referring to the various parts in the draw-V ings by reference-nurnerals, 4 is the bot-tom, and 5 is the body, of the milk-can, which may be of ordinary construction, with a handle 6 and areduced or tapering top piece 7. Around the usual large opening 8 in the center of the top of the can I provide an upwardly-projecting cylindrical neck 9, which is closed by the necessarily come closeto'the neck of the can,

as will be further explained'below.

At the undersideof thecover 10 and concentric therewith I secure the bottom end of the milk-measure 13, which is provided with the flaring top or guard 14 to prevent spilling of the milk when the measure is filled close up to the guard.

15 is a secondary guard upon the outer side of the measure to prevent milk fromjrunning from the edge to the bottom end of the measure.

16 is an annular enlargement upon tlie bottom end of the measure to guide and'keep vthe cover and'measure central with the can independentlyA of thev rim 12, which in cold climates may-be ,made considerably Wider than the neck ofthe canfso as to prevent the two from freezing together in case they get moist or wet. For the latter reason the guide 16 may also be made only in short segmental sections, with long spaces between them,while in Warm climates the enlargement 16 may not only extend continuously all around the measure, but may form a part of the measuring-space for the milk-that is, be an enlargement of the measure itself.

The measure may be made of any desired Y size and shape but for all ordinary purposes points and to make said space the size of one quart,` so that when it is desired to measure f one pint it is-only necessary to lean the measure over until the surface of the milk stands from edge of bottom to edge of top, as indicated by the dotted diagonal line 17 in Fig. 2, and the pint is measured. In measuring one quart the measure is held plumb and filled up to the guard 14. The measure is held quite firmly by the handle 11 and by resting upon the hand holding it.

From the above description it will be seen that a milkman who Wishes to carry from his Wagon to the houses where he delivers milk one can with cream, one with sweet milk, and still another with buttermilk or skimmed milk may do this so much more conveniently, as he has no measures to carry separately; also, that the measures are at all times, except the moments they are in actual use, inclosed in the cans, and thus protected from germs,dust, dirt, snow, rain, dre., in the air, as already stated.

l-Iaving thus described my invention, what IOO I cover having a handheld secured to its upper I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a milk-Can of a l of the Cover, and adapted to enter into the neck of the can; said measure having a hollow guard all around upon its outer side to reeive any milk running from the edge toward the bottom end of the measure, substantially I as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature 2o in presence of two Witnesses.

OLA N. AHLBERG.

side, and a milk-measure secured toits under side; said measure being adapted to enter entirely down into the neck of the can, and hav- I ing a flaring top, and near its bottom end enlarged to fill the neck of the can. l

2. The combination with a milk-can, of a cover closing the neck of the can and having Witnesses:

A. M. CARLSEN, CARL ANDERSON.

a handle at its upper side and a milk-measure secured with its bottom end to the under side 

